Deck 2: Exploring Language and Perception in Social Constructs and Representations

Question 1

The relationship between a word and the thing it denotes is _______

A)fixed
B)permanent
C)static
D)arbitrary

Answer 1

arbitrary

Question 2

__________ refers to personal perception.

A)gender
B)objectivity
C)subjectivity
D)all these

Answer 2

subjectivity

Question 3

Langue/Parle distinction was introduced by _________

A)max weber
B)e. h. carr
C)russell
D)saussure

Answer 3

saussure

Question 4

The terms like 'mother', 'student' etc indicate _________

A)value
B)taste
C)gender
D)identity

Question 5

__________ is an effect of culture.

A)gender
B)subjectivity
C)objectivity
D)all these

Question 6

Subject-position is determined by _________

A)context
B)rules
C)values
D)taste

Question 7

Patriarchal cultures _________ women.

A)degrade
B)respect
C)glorify
D)all these

Question 8

_________ is the context in which writing/speech takes place.

A)meaning
B)discourse
C)interpretation
D)language

Question 9

___________ approve all forms of knowledge.

A)social constructionists
B)scientists
C)philosophers
D)logicians

Question 10

_________ introduced the term 'Social construction'.

A)max weber
B)e. h. carr
C)lincoln
D)peter berger

Question 11

By _________, knowledge becomes part of social system.

A)learning
B)institutionalization
C)habitualization
D)construction

Question 12

In _________, a set of knowledge is shared by all in a group.

A)sciences
B)institutions
C)symbolic universes
D)symbolic logic

Question 13

Social construction of reality refers to concepts and beliefs not scientifically proved but socially ___________ knowledge.

A)shared
B)true
C)false
D)rejected

Question 14

'Denigrate' is a term of _________ abuse.

A)religious
B)gender
C)racial
D)national

Question 15

The term 'fair' refers to justice, but it originated in the context of ________ discrimination.

A)religious
B)racial
C)gender
D)national

Question 16

Caste names very often carry a sense of _________

A)humiliation
B)discrimination
C)both (a) and (b
D)neither (a) nor (b)

Question 17

'Mankind' is a common term, but it carries a __________ bias.

A)racial
B)religious
C)political
D)gender

Question 18

The traditional way of addressing God as 'He' can be placed in a _______ context.

A)matriarchal
B)patriarchal
C)national
D)none of these

Question 19

Narrative is the act of _________

A)truth expression
B)representation
C)scientific investigation
D)all these

Question 20

Acceptance of ________ is a social convention.

A)scientific truth
B)objective fact
C)narrative
D)political creed

Question 21

Mimesis means _________

A)indirect representation
B)imitation
C)representation
D)none of these

Question 22

Plato advocated the theory of __________

A)indirect representation
B)diegesis
C)mimesis
D)empiricism

Question 23

Aristotle introduced the concept of _________

A)catharsis
B)social construction
C)diegesis
D)interpretation

Question 24

In representation, meaning is _________

A)discovered
B)rejected
C)objective
D)attributed

Question 25

Representation bestows _________.

A)morality
B)identity
C)objectivity
D)subjectivity